Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Polycythemia (High Red Blood Cell Count)

Title: Polycythemia (High Red Blood Cell Count)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 8/14/2009
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Starting or returning to school can stir up a bevy of emotions with a range of effects, from bothersome to debilitating. Knowing a little bit about a few of these problems helps parents and children manage and overcome them. School phobia extreme anxiety from going to school or even talking about it. Causes could range from being bullied to grieving for a lost pet. Read more ...

Title: Health Tip: Stay Awake on the Road
Category: Health News
Created: 8/17/2009 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/17/2009 Read more ...

Professor Chris French, has co-authored a paper on sleep paralysis with Julia Santomauro, both of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, which is published in Issue 22 (August 2009) of The Psychologist. Read more ...

Title: Gene Cuts Need for Sleep
Category: Health News
Created: 8/14/2009
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Parkinson's disease is well-known for impairing movement and causing tremors, but many patients also develop other serious problems, including sleep disturbances and significant losses in cognitive function known as dementia. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have modeled Parkinson's-associated dementia for the first time. Read more ...